Conservative foreign affairs critic Peter Kent penned a scathing op-ed in the Wall Street Journal he says in order to educate the American public about the Omar Khadr case, while also blasting the federal government’s decision to issue an apology and a reported $10.5-million settlement to the former child soldier and Guantanamo Bay detainee. In the piece titled “A terrorist’s big payday, …
Shortly after midnight on Oct. 18, 2013, 19-year-old Ethan P. Connolly, a sophomore at the University of Delaware, was fatally hit by a truck while walking across Del. 896. Earlier, he had attended an off-campus sorority party near where he was hit and toxicology reports showed he had alcohol in his system when he died. In a lawsuit, his parents want a New Castle County Superior Court judge to hold the university, the sorority and those that hosted the party liable for his death. “Had (the defendants) executed their duty to make sure Ethan traveled back to campus on the bus, he would not have perished, drunk or not,” the lawsuit states. The legal filings claim the university and other defendants were negligent in efforts to prevent underage drinking and protect those attending the sorority party from the danger of such drinking. The lawsuit asks a jury to award unspecified compensatory and punitive damages to Connolly’s estate. …
Around mid-September, a number of consumers received an email about a class-action lawsuit against Uber regarding its claims about its Safe Rides Fee. Since there are so many scams these days, we’re helping you determine if this email is legitimate, and if it is, how you can ensure that you’re properly compensated. Continue reading to find out.
Got a neat photo you want to post on Instagram? Can’t wait to share a joke about someone on your Facebook page? Angry over a botched brake job and anxious to spout off about it? You might want to think twice before you post. Just ask Jahmel Binion, the local man who sued NBA great Shaquille O’Neal three years ago for mocking his rare medical condition, ectodermal dysplasia, in an online post. “I was just shocked,” Binion, 26, said about the posting, which included …
The ‘bad news’ continues at Fox News The lawsuits keep piling up for Fox News, with a new complaint filed Monday by a reporter alleging gender discrimination. Diana Falzone, an on-air personality and host of various online shows for Fox, claims she was demoted after writing a column for FoxNews.com in January that detailed her struggle with endometriosis, a painful disorder that can result in …
Allegations of racism and bigotry against news organizations, sadly, aren’t new. The recent spate of high-profile lawsuits highlighted a longstanding issue for the industry. Last week, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) issued a statement on its website in reaction to allegations of racial discrimination against CNN competitor Fox News.
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Weeks after firing host Bill O’Reilly amid allegations of sexual harassment, Fox News is under fire once again for accusations of racial discrimination. Eleven current and former Fox News employees have filed a lawsuit alleging that Fox employees engaged in “abhorrent, intolerable, unlawful and hostile racial discrimination” and created a workplace “more akin to Plantation-style management than …
Attorneys representing 11 current and former Fox News employees announced on Wednesday that they have filed a lawsuit against the network for racial discrimination. The complaint, which seeks class action status, includes allegations from current anchor Kelly Wright. Wright claims in the lawsuit that current network President Bill Shine would regularly ask him about race, such as how black and …
Three more La Vernia High School students were arrested this week in connection with a hazing case that has ripped through the small town 30 minutes southeast of San Antonio. The arrests were made at the school and bring the total number of arrests in the case to 13. The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation into alleged sexual assaults dating back to 2014.